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i see is that america is dissenting, and the forces are becoming dominant in american society, and i think if you look at our country, you will see that ethnically in terms of class and in terms of philosophy and ideology and in terms of race even, the united states seems to be breaking down into enclaves of people who separate from each other and do not much like each other and even detest each other, and so in that sense, america would be a legal entity, i think, and a political entity, but i don t think we ll be able to call ourselves one nation under god indy indivisble again. host: this occupy wall street that s in hundreds of communities, it s marked by a great diversity of background, cultures, religions, race, so united against the power of wall street and washington. guest: right. host: and in a desperate search for a more democratic side, not just political, but economic. how do you explain that? that seems to be against what you put forth. guest: we ....
game. the government s credit card is on fire. where the president cuts with a scalpel republicans are cranking up the chain saw. house republicans prepare to offer their deep spending cuts. president obama effectively punting it. republicans will not punt. everything is on the table. the republicans accuse the president of punting and then to punt back. the gop is saying that the president punted on this. republicans have punted for the past year on all these issues. it is going to get boring. why are republicans already saying they won t compromise, the tea party won t let them, even if it costs jobs. the federal government has added 200,000 new federal jobs. if some of those jobs are lost in this, so be it. if some of those jobs are lost in this, so be it. i think that s a very flip attitude about a very serious problem. the white house is hoping that the republicans are seen as going a bit too far. the republican strategy of you cut, wome ....
where the president cuts with a scalpel republicans are cranking up the chain saw. house republicans prepare to offer their deep spending cuts. president obama effectively punting it. republicans will not punt. everything is on the table. the republicans accuse the president of punting and then to punt back. the gop is saying that the president punted on this. republicans have punted for the past year on all these issues. it is going to get boring. why are republicans already saying they won t compromise, the tea party won t let them, even if it costs jobs. the federal government has added 200,000 new federal jobs. if some of those jobs are lost in this, so be it. if some of those jobs are lost in this, so be it. i think that s a very flip attitude about a very serious problem. the white house is hoping that the republicans are seen as going a bit too far. the republican strategy of you cut, women, infants, children, the fbi, cdc, americorps, p ....
were from south carolina, north carolina, georgia. my mother was from rome, georgia migrated to washington, d.c. my father migrated from southern virginia to washington, d.c. different decades, would never have met had there been no great migration, had they not left the south and landed in the same city. so in some ways i exist because of the great migration and i think i ve been in some ways writing it all my life. rose: david grossman and isabel wilkerson coming up. maybe you want school kids to have more exposure to the arts. maybe you want to provide meals for the needy. or maybe you want to help when the unexpected happens. whatever you want to do, members project from american express can help you take the first step. vote, volunteer, or donate for the causes you believe in at membersproject.com. take charge of making a difference. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. rose: david grossman is here ....